9-year-old Ryan Kaji tops Forbes’ highest-paid YouTube stars of 2020 list with earnings of $29.5 Million for the third year running

RYAN KAJI: One beautiful happening in the industry is that it keeps records of people’s achievements, not just people but industrious people who have been grounded with their development and have become industry experts.

This is why Forbes has decided to uncover the richest and highest-paid YouTube stars of the 2020 list with their earnings.

Recently, the highest-paid YouTube stars of 2020 have been revealed, and a 9-year-old boy holds the title of highest-paid YouTuber for the year

Child influencer, Ryan Kaji, from Texas racked in nearly $30m in a year from “unboxing” and reviewing toys and games on YouTube, nabbing 12.2 billion views.

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According to Forbes, the 9-year-old made $29.5m (£22m) from his YouTube channel Ryan’s World, as well as a further estimated $200m from Ryan’s World branded toys and clothing, including Marks & Spencer pajamas.

He also signed an undisclosed, but likely multimillion-dollar deal for his own TV series on Nickelodeon.

According to records, Kaji first began making YouTube videos in March 2015 after watching other toy review channels and asking his mother, how come I’m not on YouTube when all the other kids are.

All the earnings estimates are from June 1, 2019, through June 1, 2020.

Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. Mr. Beast, is in at No. 2, earning approximately $24 million with three billion views. Dude Perfect is at No. 3 on the list, earning $23 million with 2.77 billion views.

See the full list below.

1. Ryan Kaji

$29.5 million

2. Mr. Beast

$24 million

3. Dude Perfect

$23 million

4. Rhett and Link

$20 million

5. Markiplier

$19.5 million

6. Preston Arsement

$19 million

7. Nastya

$18.5 million

8. Blippi

$17 million

9. David Dobrik

$15.5 million

10. Jeffree Star

$15 million

Raji has topped first again in the three rounds in the industry, this is really an achievement.